Following on from the little twinkles that suggest Sony might be thinking about crossplay, Nintendo has stepped up and announced it's ending the controversial 'Creators Program'. An announcement on 29th November stated:
We are ending the Nintendo Creators Program (NCP) to make it easier for content creators to make and monetize videos that contain Nintendo game content. We will no longer ask creators to submit their videos to the NCP, and creators can continue showing their passion for Nintendo by following Nintendo's guidelines, located at https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/index.html.
The NCP will come to a close at the end of December 2018. Please note that we are no longer accepting videos and channels, and will not review any that have been submitted, but not yet registered. The NCP website will be taken down on March 20, 2019.
We appreciate and encourage the continued support of content creators, and thank them for their dedication to helping us create smiles.
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Woo! It's about time, Nintendo! So, what does that mean for video creators? Nintendo's new guidelines are pretty relaxed, considering their previous outrage about copyright violations. Main points include: videos have to have 'creative input' or commentary, the rules cover uploads and livestreams, and they allow you to monetise your videos using various methods including Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube.
It always did seem odd that they were basically charging people for the privilege of advertising Nintendo products. Good news!
Friday 30 November 2018
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp 1 Year Anniversary!
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I tried to give credit to the artists for these, but with some it was hard to know where they had actually come from... So apologies! Great work people. :-)
Sunday 11 November 2018
November 2018 PS Plus Goodies!
I'm finding it hard to be enthusiastic about the PS Plus lineups lately. I'm particularly annoyed by the quality of the PS3 and Vita games. I know they're not going to be doing them for much longer, but while they're part of PS Plus surely they could add some better stuff?!
Anyway...
There is actually a good family friendly game in this month's lineup! Hooray! Sadly I know this because I bought the game in question a while back, so I'm not benefiting from my PS Plus subscription, but hey.
This month's games are:
Yakuza Kiwami (PEGI-18) (PS4)
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (PEGI-18) (PS4)
Jackbox Party Pack 2 (PEGI-12) (PS3)
Arkedo Series (PEGI-12) (PS3)
Burly Men at Sea (PEGI-3) (PS Vita and PS4)
Roundabout (PEGI-16) (PS Vita and PS4)
So, my family pick of the month is Burly Men at Sea (PEGI-3)! Now I know that title sounds a bit strange, but trust me, it's a great game. It's a kind of interactive story about three bearded sailors who have some truly strange adventures. A playthrough of their adventure might take you about 30 minutes - when I played it with Seb I read all the text and we treated it like a storybook. The thing that makes it interesting, though, is that once you've done it once you can continue to repeat the story but making different choices, thus causing different outcomes.
The art style is clean and simple, the music's folky and matches the gruff bearded sailors perfectly. And the stories are great fun. Ever wondered what might happen if your ship sank and you were eaten by a whale? Or what would happen if you encounter mermaids? Or the grim reaper? Or get turned into seals? Try all the options and there are 12 different endings to discover. It is very much like a 'choose your own adventure book'.
Rather beautifully they're also producing hardcover illustrated storybooks of the game. You can enter a code that you get at the end of your favourite playthrough and they'll send you a 50 page book of it. (The downside is, of course, that you have to pay $30! It's a cool idea, though... Also, you can get a digital version for $4, though I'm not sure why you'd want to when you could just play the game again.)
Totally recommended, then!
Anyway...
There is actually a good family friendly game in this month's lineup! Hooray! Sadly I know this because I bought the game in question a while back, so I'm not benefiting from my PS Plus subscription, but hey.
This month's games are:
Yakuza Kiwami (PEGI-18) (PS4)
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (PEGI-18) (PS4)
Jackbox Party Pack 2 (PEGI-12) (PS3)
Arkedo Series (PEGI-12) (PS3)
Burly Men at Sea (PEGI-3) (PS Vita and PS4)
Roundabout (PEGI-16) (PS Vita and PS4)
So, my family pick of the month is Burly Men at Sea (PEGI-3)! Now I know that title sounds a bit strange, but trust me, it's a great game. It's a kind of interactive story about three bearded sailors who have some truly strange adventures. A playthrough of their adventure might take you about 30 minutes - when I played it with Seb I read all the text and we treated it like a storybook. The thing that makes it interesting, though, is that once you've done it once you can continue to repeat the story but making different choices, thus causing different outcomes.
The art style is clean and simple, the music's folky and matches the gruff bearded sailors perfectly. And the stories are great fun. Ever wondered what might happen if your ship sank and you were eaten by a whale? Or what would happen if you encounter mermaids? Or the grim reaper? Or get turned into seals? Try all the options and there are 12 different endings to discover. It is very much like a 'choose your own adventure book'.
Rather beautifully they're also producing hardcover illustrated storybooks of the game. You can enter a code that you get at the end of your favourite playthrough and they'll send you a 50 page book of it. (The downside is, of course, that you have to pay $30! It's a cool idea, though... Also, you can get a digital version for $4, though I'm not sure why you'd want to when you could just play the game again.)
Totally recommended, then!
Friday 9 November 2018
Lego Overwatch - coming in January!
More details of the Overwatch (PEGI-12) sets were released this week by Lego - there are six sets that will all be released on 1st January...
75970 Tracer vs. Widowmaker - £12.99
75971 Hanzo vs. Genji - £24.99
75972 Dorado Showdown - £29.99
75973 D.Va & Reinhardt - £34.99
75974 Bastion - £54.99
75975 Watchpoint: Gibraltar - £79.99
They're given age recommendations between 8 and 10+, though those ages never seem to mean that much. :-)
75970 Tracer vs. Widowmaker - £12.99
They're given age recommendations between 8 and 10+, though those ages never seem to mean that much. :-)
Sunday 4 November 2018
10 years of LittleBigPlanet!
Wow, I can't believe it has been 10 years - 10 years since LittleBigPlanet (PEGI-7) first came out...!!! LBP1 holds the incredible accolade of #2 best PS3 game of 2008 on Metacritic, with a score of 95, which is almost unheard of!* If you've never played it, where have you been?!
We're big fans of Media Molecule in this house - the LittleBigPlanet games (of which there are three, though the 3rd is perhaps not so good) and Tearaway are all brilliant. (Also there's a Karting game, but I've never played that, so I can't talk about it...!) Since we're such big fans, I thought it was worth mentioning that there's a special 10 year celebration for LittleBigPlanet - a game that still has a massive community following, with lots of player-made levels. 10 million, apparently! Some of them are completely amazing and unrecognisable as being made in LittleBigPlanet.
It's perhaps little surprise that Media Molecule's newest game, Dreams, takes this content creation to a whole new level. As part of their 10 year celebrations, they have re-made LittleBigPlanet's 'The Garden' in Dreams. As you can see from the video below, it's remarkably true to the original. It's a hard concept to grasp just because it lets you do so much - it'll be great fun seeing what people make with the new game!
One of our favourite YouTubers, ZebraGamer, started off by playing LittleBigPlanet, so he's doing a special 'happy birthday' series to mark the occasion. He's totally family friendly (maybe a few 'Jeezes' slip in, but that's all) and we've watched many of his videos. There's a lot of love for LBP and it holds a special place in a lot of people's hearts. It's a lovely game to play, happy, well-made, fun... and for a lot of kids who've now grown up they remember it fondly. So, if you want to see what 'The Gardens' looked like in LBP, look no further...
There are plenty of special birthday things going on, so be sure to check out the twitter feed @LittleBigPlanet to see what's happening. There's also info on some special bits on the PlayStation Blog.
Happy Birthday LBP! Happy Birthday Sackboy! :-D
* The game that beat it was Grand Theft Auto IV. If you were wondering.
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| Happy Birthday LBP!! |
We're big fans of Media Molecule in this house - the LittleBigPlanet games (of which there are three, though the 3rd is perhaps not so good) and Tearaway are all brilliant. (Also there's a Karting game, but I've never played that, so I can't talk about it...!) Since we're such big fans, I thought it was worth mentioning that there's a special 10 year celebration for LittleBigPlanet - a game that still has a massive community following, with lots of player-made levels. 10 million, apparently! Some of them are completely amazing and unrecognisable as being made in LittleBigPlanet.
It's perhaps little surprise that Media Molecule's newest game, Dreams, takes this content creation to a whole new level. As part of their 10 year celebrations, they have re-made LittleBigPlanet's 'The Garden' in Dreams. As you can see from the video below, it's remarkably true to the original. It's a hard concept to grasp just because it lets you do so much - it'll be great fun seeing what people make with the new game!
One of our favourite YouTubers, ZebraGamer, started off by playing LittleBigPlanet, so he's doing a special 'happy birthday' series to mark the occasion. He's totally family friendly (maybe a few 'Jeezes' slip in, but that's all) and we've watched many of his videos. There's a lot of love for LBP and it holds a special place in a lot of people's hearts. It's a lovely game to play, happy, well-made, fun... and for a lot of kids who've now grown up they remember it fondly. So, if you want to see what 'The Gardens' looked like in LBP, look no further...
There are plenty of special birthday things going on, so be sure to check out the twitter feed @LittleBigPlanet to see what's happening. There's also info on some special bits on the PlayStation Blog.
Happy Birthday LBP! Happy Birthday Sackboy! :-D
* The game that beat it was Grand Theft Auto IV. If you were wondering.
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